The Number
Why Companies Lied and the Stock Market Crashed
by Alex Berenson
274 pages· 2003· ISBN 9780743239455
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Part detective story, part financial history, this book reveals the tricks which have led to financial scandals and the people who played them. It is an insider's view of balance-sheet lies and also provides an overview of the long bull market that began in 1982.
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